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god_n may_v never_o befall_v he_o be_v now_o their_o lott_n they_o be_v cast_v away_o never_o to_o be_v admit_v to_o favour_v again_o he_o needs_o must_v have_v matter_n of_o excessive_a grief_n who_o be_v ready_a to_o be_v anoint_v king_n shall_v upon_o a_o sudden_a be_v hurry_v away_o and_o make_v fellow-prisoner_n with_o theives_n look_v upon_o nabuchodâ—nâ—ser_n the_o world_n terror_n seat_v under_o the_o canopy_n of_o glory_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v throw_v headlong_o to_o be_v a_o companion_n to_o bruit_n among_o they_o to_o learn_v how_o to_o play_v the_o beast_n who_o have_v act_v his_o part_n so_o ill_o among_o man_n behold_v king_n sedecias_n snatch_v from_o his_o royal_a throne_n who_o it_o be_v not_o think_v sufficient_a to_o bereave_v of_o all_o the_o gift_n of_o fortune_n unless_o he_o be_v deprive_v of_o both_o his_o eye_n too_o then_o be_v verify_v that_o of_o boetius_fw-la the_o great_a part_n of_o misery_n be_v to_o remember_v one_o have_v be_v happy_a no_o otherwise_o shall_v the_o damn_a be_v hale_v away_o into_o infernal_a den_n for_o eternity_n when_o they_o may_v have_v be_v elevate_v as_o king_n among_o the_o bless_a never_o to_o have_v the_o least_o sense_n of_o any_o evil_n always_o to_o be_v in_o the_o perfect_a fruition_n of_o the_o chief_a good_a the_o loss_n of_o this_o may_v right_o be_v term_v a_o loss_n and_o such_o a_o one_o as_o can_v never_o be_v worthy_o deplore_v because_o never_o to_o be_v recover_v sect_n 4._o what_o other_o petition_n shall_v one_o that_o want_v his_o sight_n make_v 18.41_o luk._n 18.41_o but_o that_o of_o the_o blind_a man_n lord_n that_o i_o may_v see_v in_o case_n one_o damn_a might_n have_v leave_v to_o ask_v some_o one_o of_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n he_o will_v ask_v none_o else_o but_o this_o let_v i_o see_v god_n i_o covet_v not_o a_o place_n more_o pleasant_a i_o be_o not_o ambitious_a of_o better_a company_n i_o do_v not_o refuse_v to_o abide_v still_o in_o these_o flame_n only_o let_v i_o see_v god_n but_o this_o no_o law_n permit_v still_o i_o crave_v at_o least_o after_o a_o thousand_o year_n let_v my_o suit_n be_v grant_v this_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n lawful_a i_o be_o content_a with_o a_o denial_n till_o ten_o thousand_o year_n be_v expire_v neither_o will_v this_o be_v allow_v o_o that_o i_o may_v after_o twenty_o thousand_o year_n obtain_v my_o request_n that_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v grant_v at_o least_o after_o fifty_o thousand_o year_n let_v my_o petition_n take_v effect_n nor_o this_o neither_o ah_o when_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o be_v come_v and_o go_v then_o let_v i_o see_v god_n the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v opposite_a to_o this_o as_o well_o as_o the_o former_a o_o that_o my_o prayer_n may_v be_v hear_v when_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o thousand_o year_n be_v past_a here_o may_v nothing_o be_v obtain_v it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o sue_v for_o favour_n the_o gate_n of_o grace_n be_v shut_v the_o entrance_n to_o heaven_n be_v close_o lock_v god_n thou_o 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be_o in_o fault_n i_o neglect_v i_o plunge_v myself_o into_o these_o dreadful_a flame_n whereupon_o my_o pain_n fury_n and_o confusion_n be_v horrible_a be_v immense_a esay_n exclaim_v 32._o esa_n 32._o darkness_n and_o palpableness_n be_v make_v upon_o the_o denn_n for_o ever_o thus_o much_o the_o devil_n themselves_o acknowledge_v when_o they_o be_v upbraid_v in_o possess_v person_n o_o miserable_a wretch_n you_o shall_v never_o see_v god_n whereat_o they_o will_v fume_v fret_v gnash_v the_o tooth_n and_o by_o uncouth_a motion_n of_o the_o body_n manifest_a in_o some_o sort_n how_o incredible_o they_o be_v torture_v upon_o that_o sole_a account_n sect_n 5._o christ_n our_o lord_n brief_o explicate_v his_o most_o bless_a vision_n of_o god_n when_o
dish_n though_o otherwise_o most_o vile_a which_o the_o appetite_n most_o belong_v for_o hence_o it_o may_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o one_o may_v offend_v more_o grieveous_o with_o feast_v on_o toadstool_n than_o another_o on_o partridge_n and_o feasant_n esau_n be_v reprehend_v for_o over_o greedy_o gurmandil_v a_o dish_n of_o pulse-pottage_n not_o for_o eat_v fat_a hen_n or_o capon_n the_o three_o fault_n be_v to_o lavish_a too_o much_o time_n and_o treasure_n in_o feast_v many_o feast_n in_o a_o circle_n as_o the_o child_n of_o job_n do_v they_o leave_v scarce_o one_o day_n in_o a_o year_n free_a from_o riot_n and_o excess_n in_o banquet_v parent_n now_o and_o then_o prophesy_v to_o their_o child_n woe_n be_v to_o thou_o my_o boy_n when_o thou_o come_v into_o strange_a country_n where_o thou_o shall_v want_v those_o dainty_n thou_o do_v enjoy_v at_o home_n how_o uncouth_a will_v it_o be_v for_o thou_o either_o to_o take_v pain_n or_o starve_v the_o like_a may_v be_v return_v to_o the_o parent_n woe_n be_v to_o you_o who_o feed_v plentiful_o every_o day_n how_o will_v you_o be_v able_a to_o digest_v hunger_n and_o thirst_n the_o four_o fault_n of_o gluttony_n be_v rash_o to_o violate_v the_o law_n of_o fast_a or_o at_o least_o to_o expound_v they_o as_o they_o listen_v hence_o the_o fast_a of_o forty_o day_n in_o lent_n be_v change_v into_o ten_o or_o twenty_o day_n temperance_n many_o believe_v they_o be_v fast_v when_o they_o be_v not_o drink_v we_o be_v now_o come_v to_o that_o pass_n as_o to_o persuade_v ourselves_o that_o fast_v be_v only_o ordain_v for_o religious_a people_n other_o be_v so_o favourable_a interpreter_n of_o this_o law_n as_o they_o still_o find_v some_o excuse_n to_o free_v they_o from_o fast_v but_o the_o physician_n you_o say_v and_o my_o confessor_n exempt_v i_o from_o fast_v true_a but_o over_o entreat_v by_o your_o importunity_n i_o believe_v they_o will_v be_v of_o another_o opinion_n if_o they_o meet_v with_o one_o less_o eloquent_a and_o more_o indigent_a the_o first_o be_v drunkenness_n the_o origin_n of_o many_o crime_n and_o of_o all_o vice_n the_o most_o dangerous_a because_o if_o a_o drunken_a man_n chance_n to_o fall_v sudden_o which_o be_v not_o unusual_a or_o be_v surprise_v with_o some_o disease_n which_o hale_v he_o to_o the_o gate_n of_o death_n where_o poor_a wretch_n unable_a to_o grieve_v for_o his_o sin_n or_o to_o raise_v his_o mind_n up_o to_o his_o maker_n in_o the_o state_n of_o mortal_a sin_n and_o ignorant_a of_o his_o sad_a condition_n he_o be_v hurry_v away_o to_o eternity_n alas_o a_o prey_n to_o death_n and_o to_o the_o devil_n sect_n 2._o wo_n therefore_o woe_n to_o you_o that_o be_v fill_v spec_fw-la in_o spec_fw-la because_o you_o shall_v be_v hungry_a with_o good_a reason_n say_v reginaldetus_n infinite_a man_n shall_v be_v damn_v for_o this_o sin_n of_o gluttony_n gluttony_n have_v a_o ample_a command_n and_o be_v much_o assistant_n to_o all_o sort_n of_o vice_n 16._o ch_n 16._o lo_o this_o say_v ezechiel_n be_v the_o iniquity_n of_o sodom_n fullness_n of_o bread_n and_o abundance_n and_o the_o idleness_n of_o she_o for_o this_o cause_n our_o saviour_n most_o careful_o warn_v we_o look_v well_o to_o yourselves_o 27.34_o luk._n 27.34_o lest_o perhaps_o your_o heart_n be_v overcharge_v with_o h_o surfeit_v and_o drunkenness_n for_o that_o be_v the_o malice_n of_o this_o vice_n not_o only_o to_o burden_v the_o body_n but_o likewise_o to_o fasten_v the_o soul_n to_o earth_n to_o trample_v it_o under_o foot_n and_o throw_v it_o headlong_o into_o hell_n here_o be_v hunger_n and_o thirst_n here_o be_v a_o long_a fast_o because_o you_o shall_v be_v hungry_a consider_v what_o a_o great_a share_n of_o our_o misery_n it_o be_v that_o we_o neither_o value_n nor_o sufficient_o understand_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o next_o life_n which_o of_o we_o have_v make_v trial_n of_o extreme_a famine_n hence_o we_o weigh_v not_o our_o own_o nor_o the_o famine_n in_o hell_n a_o pattern_n of_o this_o manifest_o appear_v in_o city_n besiege_a and_o in_o close_a prison_n for_o to_o that_o extremity_n be_v people_n bring_v by_o rage_a hunger_n that_o not_o only_a dog_n cat_n and_o horse_n but_o also_o mouse_n serpent_n and_o toad_n be_v greedy_o devour_v by_o they_o they_o pluck_v the_o grass_n up_o by_o the_o root_n they_o strip_v their_o buckler_n off_o their_o skin_n to_o feed_v on_o hunger_n compel_v they_o to_o convert_v into_o man_n meat_n the_o excrement_n of_o bird_n and_o beast_n yea_o and_o the_o body_n too_o of_o their_o dear_a friend_n cambyses_n troth_n lib._n 3._o the_o troth_n as_o seneca_n relate_v conduct_v a_o vast_a army_n through_o sand_n and_o desert_n into_o aethiopia_n but_o be_v scarce_o well_o enter_v upon_o their_o march_n their_o victual_n and_o provision_n fail_v their_o way_n be_v unknown_a unto_o they_o and_o that_o barren_a and_o barbarous_a nation_n afford_v they_o no_o relief_n tender_a sprout_n and_o top_n of_o tree_n supply_v their_o want_n in_o the_o begin_n afterward_o they_o boil_a skin_n or_o what_o ever_o they_o meet_v with_o to_o assuage_v their_o hunger_n in_o fine_a neither_o find_v herb_n rat_n nor_o cattle_n they_o slaughter_v every_o ten_o man_n a_o remedy_n against_o famine_n worse_o than_o famine_n itself_o this_o be_v but_o a_o little_a hunger_n put_v they_o upon_o more_o cruel_a design_n the_o mother_n be_v butcher_v their_o own_o child_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v chicken_n and_o with_o their_o own_o tooth_n tear_v in_o piece_n member_n dear_a than_o their_o life_n this_o may_v yet_o seem_v little_a when_o compare_v to_o more_o wild_a attempt_n how_o often_o have_v people_n in_o prison_n massacre_v themselves_o through_o hunger_n and_o feed_v upon_o their_o own_o limb_n what_o way_n soever_o they_o can_v lay_v hold_n upon_o arm_n or_o shoulder_n thither_o their_o tooth_n hasten_v to_o make_v a_o prey_n of_o themselves_o to_o their_o own_o destruction_n sect_n 3._o now_o to_o the_o matter_n in_o 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with_o they_o during_o life_n for_o they_o have_v not_o so_o much_o grace_n of_o god_n as_o to_o repent_v that_o which_o follow_v be_v most_o dreadful_a and_o unexplicable_a the_o damn_a be_v so_o deprive_v of_o divine_a grace_n that_o for_o eternity_n none_o of_o they_o will_v ever_o say_v have_v mercy_n on_o i_o o_o god_n none_o of_o they_o shall_v ever_o have_v that_o grace_n in_o which_o particular_a they_o resemble_v much_o the_o devil_n from_o who_o no_o torment_n what_o ever_o shall_v be_v of_o force_n to_o squeeze_v these_o word_n we_o have_v sin_v spare_v we_o hence_o one_o may_v right_o affirm_v in_o hell_n be_v only_a devil_n that_o be_v most_o obstinate_a and_o desperate_a enemy_n of_o god_n such_o as_o be_v not_o the_o devil_n alone_o but_o likewise_o all_o the_o damn_a and_o in_o this_o point_n the_o wicked_a man_n during_o life_n and_o the_o damn_a in_o torment_n be_v both_o a_o like_a neither_o of_o they_o be_v able_a with_o their_o own_o force_n to_o recall_v their_o 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sentence_n 25._o matt._n c._n 25._o and_o these_o shall_v go_v into_o punishment_n everlasting_a but_o the_o just_a into_o life_n everlasting_a for_o so_o st._n matt._n testify_v and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v 26._o ch_n 26._o when_o jesus_n have_v end_v all_o these_o word_n behold_v our_o lord_n conclude_v his_o exhortation_n with_o this_o clause_n of_o reward_n and_o pain_n everlasting_a he_o be_v equal_o just_a and_o merciful_a whence_o he_o have_v decree_v to_o his_o friend_n joy_n and_o to_o his_o enemy_n torment_n in_o the_o high_a degree_n sect_n 3._o these_o thing_n i_o must_v confess_v be_v speak_v with_o much_o congruity_n but_o do_v we_o yet_o dive_v to_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o matter_n in_o debate_n for_o my_o own_o particular_a i_o embrace_v with_o reverence_n that_o wise_a principle_n of_o st._n austin_n he_o be_v become_v worthy_a of_o eternal_a ill_n 21_o lib._n 21_o the_o civet_n deâ—_n c._n 21_o who_o destroy_v in_o himself_o that_o good_a which_o may_v have_v be_v 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